Cousin Kate Quotes

“Has it occurred to you, Kate, that she is placing you under an obligation?"

"Oh, yes, indeed it has, and it is crushing me!" she said earnestly. "If only there were some way of requiting her - not arranging flowers, or entertaining Sir Timothy, or bearing Torquil company, but a big thing! Something that was vital to her, or - or even something that entailed a sacrifice! But there isn't anything that I can discover."

There was a pause, during which he frowned down at his well-kept finger-nails. At length he said slowly: "If she were to demand it of you, would you be prepared to make a sacrifice of yourself?”
― Georgette Heyer, Cousin Kate

“If I seem unfeeling, you must remember that I have had time to grow accustomed. Nor am I one to grieve endlessly over what can't be helped. I prefer to make the best I can out of what befalls me.”
― Georgette Heyer, Cousin Kate